Folding seat or settee.



No, 766,080. PATENTED JULY 26, 1904.

H. n. WARNER.

FOLDING SEAT 0R SETTEE.

APPLIOATION FILED FEB. 4, 1904.

UNITED STATES Patented July 26, 1904.

HENRY D. WARNER, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

FOLDING SEAT OR SETTEE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 766,080, dated July'26, 1904,

Application filed February 4, 1904:. Serial No. 192,039. (No model.)

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Be it known that I, HENRY D. WARNER, a citizen of the United States,residing at New York, borough of Brooklyn, in the county of Kings andState of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inFoldingSeats or Settees, of which the following is a specification.

Folding seats and settees as usually constructed have the seat properhinged to the back by straight metallic pivots entering pivot-holes inthe posts of the back. This pivot in one form of seat in large use is apin projecting from aflat plate or bracket screwed to the under side ofthe rear cross-piece of the seat proper and is objectionable becauseunsightly and liable to become detached. In another form theseobjections are overcome by forming the pivot in the shape of astraightcylindrical pin driven or fitting tightly in a socket in the side of theseat proper near the rear thereof. This form is objectionable on accountof the difficulty of taking the construction apart for repair of theseat or settee.

My invention is directed to the improving of this latter form of pivotalattachment of seat proper and back and designed, while having all theadvantages of that method of construction, to render repair easy bymaking it possible to readily take out the pivots, and so permit thedetaching of seat proper and back; and my invention particularlyconsists in combining with the pivot and its socket in the seat propermeans, which will be more fully described hereinafter, for holding it inoperative position, but movable to enable the pivot to be retracted whenit is desired to separate the seat proper from its supporting-back.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is an under side view of the seatproper of a folding seat or settee embodying my invention,

partly sectional and having the pivot-retaining member or key removed toshow the method of seating the pivots. Fig. 2 is a sectional viewthrough the rear cross-piece of the seat proper and legs or posts of theback. Fig. 3 is a perspective view of the pivot-retaining member or key.Fig. 1 is a detached View of a pivot.

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The seat proper, 1, may be constructed in any preferred manner. As hereshown, it is of a usual construction, having central Web or main bodyportion 2, of veneer, supported in front cross-bar 3, side pieces 1 1,and rear crosspiece 5. The pieces 3 4L 5 are usually fastened withdowels, two at each joint, one of such dowels being shown at 6 inFig. 1. I arrange, preferably, in the place of the second dowelsocket,(but this is not essential,) sockets or seats 7 in the side pieces blandplace therein pivot-pins 8, which pass entirely through side pieces 4: eand enter pivot-bearings 9 in the legs or posts 9 of the seat. In theunder surface of the rear cross-piece 5 I form an open groove or recess10, preferably extending the entire length of the rear cross-piece 5 ofthe seat and in line with the sockets 7 Each pivot-pin 8 is preferablymade .of such length as to extend some distance into the groove 10, sothat the inner end of the pin or a groove, notch, or shoulder 11 thereonwill be accessible. In the groove 10 l fit a retaining member or key 12,having shoulders 13 adapted to engage the inner ends of pivot-pins 8 8when the latter are projected, so that their outer ends enter thebearings in legs 9, thus holding the pins in operative position.Projecting ends 14 of retaining member or key 12 cover the inner ends ofthe pins from sight. When in position, the retaining member or key 12may be fastened with screws, glue, or otherwise, enabling it to beremoved at will. When so removed, the inner ends of the pins are freeand may be drawn into the groove 10, dislodging the pivots from theirbearings in legs 9 and forming part of the seat-frame, thus detachingseat proper and back without in the least marring either.

Various modifications may be made Without departing from the invention.For example, the groove 10 and'key 12 need not necessarily extend theentire length of cross- As indicated by the dotted lines in Fig. 2, theends only of the cross-piece may be grooved and fitted with short keys,the part between the dotted lines remaining solid. It is apparent thatthe pins may rotate either in bearings 9 or in sockets 7 Having thusdescribed my invention, the following is what I claim as new therein anddesire to secure by Letters Patent:

1. In a folding chair or settee, in combination with a seat-frame havingpivot-bearings, a seat proper having pivot-sockets, pivot-pins in saidsockets, and a movable section of said seat proper for holding said pinsin engagement with their pivot-bearings.

2. In a folding chair or settee, in combination with a seat-frame havingpivot-bearings, a seat proper having pivotsockets, pivot-pins in saidsockets, and a movable section of said seat proper having shoulders forholding said pins in engagement with the pivot-bearings.

3. In a folding chair or settee, in combina tion with a seat-framehaving pivot-bearings, a seat proper having pivot-sockets, pivot-pins insaid sockets, and a movable section of said seat proper conforming tothe contour of said seat proper for holding said pins in engagement withtheir pivot-bearings.

at. In a folding chair or settee, in combination with a seat-framehaving bearings for pivots, a seat proper having pivot-pins engagingsaid bearings, and a movable retaining member or key lixed to said seatproper and holding said pivot-pins in their bearings.

5. In a folding chair or settee, in combination with a seat-frame havingbearings for pivots, a seat proper having pivot-sockets and a groove orrecess communicating therewith, pivot-pins engaging said bearings andsockets, and a retaining member or key occupying said groove or recessand engaging said pins.

6. In a folding chair or settee, in combina tion with a seat-framehaving bearings for pivots, a seat proper having formed near its rearedge sockets for said pins and an open groove or recess communicatingand in line therewith, pivot-pins occupying said sockets and bearings,and a retaining member or key occupying said groove or recess andengaging said pins.

HENRY D. WARNER.

WVitnesses:

WM. P. HAMMOND, (J. VON Gnnnnnn.

